James M. Johnston http://beautifulconfusion.com/home I make movies Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:52:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 I’m a Sundance Producing Fellow! http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/07/12/im-a-sundance-producing-fellow/ http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/07/12/im-a-sundance-producing-fellow/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:52:10 +0000 jmj http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/?p=134

It’s official. I’ve been accepted as a Creative Producing Fellow at The Sundance Institute for the feature film AIN’T THEM BODIES SAINTS along with my Sailor Bear partner Toby Halbrooks.

Read all about the fellowship here.

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]]> http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/07/12/im-a-sundance-producing-fellow/feed/ 0 Fort Worth Weekly Cover Story – It’s All Me http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/06/06/127/ http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/06/06/127/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:12:16 +0000 bconfusion http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/?p=127 Fort Worth Weekly Cover article

The fine folks at Fort Worth Weekly allowed Kristian Lin to do a feature story about me and it’s the cover story.  You can check it out here.

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I’ve been so taken with all the exciting stuff happening for PIONEER I’ve been remiss in my KNIFE reporting.

I’m very happy and excited to announce that the film is done (mostly) and will be having it’s worldwide premier at Sarasota Film Festival.  Coincidentally, SFF is one of my favorite festivals!

This will be the first ever public screening of the film.  So far no non-film type people have laid eyes on it.  So I’m excited to see how this initial audience will take it.

We’ve already got a few more great festivals lined up and I will announce those when the time is right.

Also, a trailer is coming soon!

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]]> http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/04/06/knife-in-sarasota/feed/ 0 PIONEER news http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/03/30/pioneer-news/ http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2011/03/30/pioneer-news/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:42:23 +0000 bconfusion http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/?p=107

The big news – as seen in the award above – is that we won the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Short at SXSW!

We’ve also got a bunch of screenings coming up:

Dallas International Film Festival – Shorts Program 1

  • Friday, April 1st at 9:45pm – Angelika Film Center #7
  • Saturday, April 2nd at 3:00pm – Angelika Film Center #6

Ashland Independent Film Festival – Short Stories

  • Friday, April 8th at 12:40pm – Varsity 3
  • Saturday, April 9th at 6:40pm – Varsity 3
  • Sunday, April 10 at 10:10pm – Varsity 3

Sarasota Film Festival - Narrative Shorts 1

  • Saturday, April 9th at Noon - Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20 Theater 12
  • Monday, April 11 at 2:30pm - Regal Cinemas Hollywood 20 Theater 11

Indie Grits Film Fest – Program 9

  • Friday, April 13th at 8pm – Town Theater

Nashville Film Festival

  • Details forthcoming

Independent Film Festival Boston

  • Details forthcoming

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Will Oldham as Dad

A wonderful and lovely film I produced for David Lowery is now an official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Check out the trailer:

Written and Directed by David Lowery
Produced by Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Starring Will Oldham and Myles Brooks

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]]> http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/12/07/pioneer-got-into-sundance/feed/ 0 Receive Bacon http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/10/04/receive-bacon/ http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/10/04/receive-bacon/#comments Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:05:32 +0000 bconfusion http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/?p=85 I finally got my short film Receive Bacon up online! Making this film was truly satisfying. Not only did it take me from SXSW to Switzerland and lots of place in between but it’s also the only comedy I’ve made. Hearing that instant feedback from audiences is great.

Receive Bacon from James M. Johnston on Vimeo.

You can also watch it on YouTube if you’re into that.

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]]> http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/10/04/receive-bacon/feed/ 0 New Site http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/09/14/new-site/ http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/2010/09/14/new-site/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:26:27 +0000 bconfusion http://beautifulconfusion.com/home/?p=3 I’m currently working on getting a new site up and running.

In the meantime you can find my old blog here: http://bconfusion.blogspot.com/

Also, you can find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jamesmjohnston

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